Data sharing with Whitehall is seen as “burdensome” by many small councils, which often lack the resources and relationship with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities larger...
Keir Starmer has reportedly abandoned Labour’s suggestion of introducing clean air zones like London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone following his party’s by-election defeat in Uxbridge and Ruislip.
Monitoring right-to-buy applications stopped the fraudulent purchase of 34 homes owned by Ipswich Borough Council and prevented more than £6m being lost last year.
The cost-of-living crisis and stalled progress on a mass transit system have prompted Bristol City Council to abandon a proposed workplace parking levy for the time being.
Rising care demands and tightening budgets risk reducing the quality of Welsh care and ministers must have honest conversations over the future of healthcare, a service leader has said.
Now-defunct districts relying on short-term borrowing to finance commercial investments have left Somerset Council exposed to higher interest rates and with assets currently losing money, its finance...
A £700m fund for investment in emerging markets is hoped to help a Local Government Pension Scheme pool meet its net zero target and deliver sustainable returns.
Woking is targeting becoming “one of the most improved councils in the country” through its improvement and recovery plan – a draft of which has now been published.
A state-owned renewable energy company will drive local investment in community-owned low-carbon energy and meet the Welsh Government’s net zero aims, ministers have said.
Persistent inflation and weak productivity will hurt growth prospects, putting the UK economy at a high risk of recessions in 2023 and 2024, economists have warned.
Final proposals to fix discriminatory civil service pension reforms giving members the choice over benefits represent the “fairest solution”, the Cabinet Office has said.
Business support and economic growth could be at risk if councils struggle to manage the functions of Local Enterprise Partnerships, an expert has warned.
Proposals to freeze the recruitment of police staff in Scotland will worsen conditions for existing employees and could leave services at unsafe staffing levels, bodies representing those staff have...
More local authorities will be on the brink of issuing Section 114 notices this year if the government does not release additional funding to stabilise the sector, a chief executive has warned.
Transferring Local Enterprise Partnerships powers to councils will give them a bigger role in developing their economies and avoid duplicating work, the government has said.
